On the second day, for the first time since the victory of the Northern Expedition, an astonishing sound of invective broke out in the Zichen Palace, breaking the peaceful atmosphere that had been in place for several months. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

This time, it was not any official who was present, but a person who is still uncertain.

The cause of the incident has to start with a letter from the prefect of Zhending.

According to the recital of the Zhending Governor's Mansion, since the Northern Expedition of the Great Song Dynasty Army, there have been many strange faces in the Zhending Mansion, and these people have slowly moved in the Zhending Mansion, which seems to have another purpose.

When the prefect learned of this, he wanted to disperse them, but thinking that these people might be people who had taken refuge, he was worried that this would cause a popular uprising, so he chose to wait and see.

Later, the Northern Expedition of the army was victorious, the sixteen states of Yanyun were recovered, Zhao Gu, Cao Bin and other generals returned on their way back, passing by Zhending Mansion, but they were infiltrated into the post station that night, and Zhao Gu, who joined the army, was touched into the room and almost lost his life.

The prefect suspected that the gang of exiles who had infiltrated the mansion had done this, because the assassin had decisively committed suicide afterwards, and the gang disappeared overnight.

Hearing this news, the civil officials who have always been unable to rub sand in their eyes are willing to give up, and the assassination of court officials is something that everyone does not want to see, so the civil officials will scold the Zhending prefect with blood, and then scold the mastermind behind the dispatch at this moment.

The civil officials were emotional, that is, there were people who complained about Zhao Gu, and there were even more people who were worried about the spread of the assassination turmoil, and of course, there were also people who deliberately made up the number of people in order to curry favor with Zhao Gu.

All in all, today's Zichen Hall is as lively as a vegetable market.

When Zhao Guangyi first heard about this, he was also very annoyed, Zhao Gu had just been divided into Zhuozhou County Marquis by him, and the assassination was exposed, wasn't this nakedly slapping Zhao Guangyi's face?

After a heavy slap of the dragon case, Zhao Guangyi ordered: "Spread the decree, the prefect must find out the mastermind behind the assassination of the county marquis of Zhuozhou within ten days, and if there is an overdue, tell him to go back to his hometown to herd cattle." ”

The civil officials nodded one after another, the impact of this matter is extremely bad, if you can't set an example, everyone will follow this in the future, and the court will be chaotic.

Cao Bin, who has always rarely spoken in the court, stood up at this time and said: "Your Majesty, this matter is not something that a small Zhending prefect can investigate, the emperor should send someone else." ”

"What does Lu Guogong mean by this?" Zhao Guangyi was puzzled.

Cao Bin unhurriedly told the story of the attack on Zhao Gu and his party when they returned to the Great Song Dynasty from Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures, which once again caused a commotion in the court.

"What!" Zhao Guangyi was also taken aback, he was not stupid, he knew that people who could know the time and route of Zhao Gu and the others to return to the Great Song Dynasty must not be taken lightly.

That person was able to ignore Zhao Gu, Cao Bin, Pan Mei, Hu Yanzan, Yang Yanzhao and other senior officials, and resolutely revealed the news to the people of Liao, which was by no means an energy that ordinary people could have.

Cao Bin explained the situation at the time in one breath, and then said: "Your Majesty, when the Liao soldiers saw Zhao Houye fleeing alone, they immediately divided most of the people to chase him, which shows that their target is mainly Zhao Houye, and then contact the Zhending Mansion Zhao Houye was assassinated, which shows that his thief will not die, and he will never give up if he does not kill Zhao Houye!" ”

Zhao Guangyi nodded, he still had great respect for Cao Bin and the few other remaining veterans, and said: "In this way, the person who carried out the assassination behind the scenes seems to be specifically targeting Zhao Gu, and I am afraid that his status is not below that of your princes." ”

All the ministers nodded their heads again and again, looking indignant, but many people did not dare to speak rashly.

This group of people who were lively at the beginning, but later didn't dare to speak, were the people who wanted to talk to Zhao Gu.

The reason why this is the case is because everyone can clearly see that the power and status of the person who assassinated Zhao Gu is only higher than that of Zhao Gu, and if he opens his mouth rashly, he will offend others, they are all a group of smart people.

Above the court, Li Fu was a little dumbfounded, he thought that Zhao Gu was assassinated on the road only once when he returned to Kaifeng, where could he have thought that there were three times, listening to the abuse of the officials, Li Fu didn't want to add fuel to the fire from the bottom of his heart.

Because in his heart, he already had some guesses about the identity of the person who assassinated Zhao Gu.

But since he promised Zhao Gu to find out about his assassination today, Li Fu naturally still had to do it.

After thinking about it, Li Fu stood up with Cao Bin and said, "Your Majesty, the Marquis of Zhuozhou County was also assassinated when he first entered the territory of Kaifeng Mansion on the way back to the city, and the body of that assassin is still in the yamen of Kaifeng Mansion. ”

Hearing that there was another assassination, the officials were stunned, what a big hatred this must be, and they sent people to assassinate again and again?

Zhao Guangyi was also silent, his face turned completely dark, Kaifeng Mansion is the capital of the Great Song Dynasty, where the emperor is located, but the people behind the scenes are so bold that they have stretched out their black hands into Kaifeng Mansion, which is really intolerable for Zhao Guangyi, who has always had a good face.

At this time, Zhao Guangyi found that the eyes of many courtiers swept over Lu Mengzheng's body as if they were nothing, and immediately thought of the dispute between Lu Mengzheng and Zhao Gu, and couldn't help but secretly say: "Could it be him?" ”

Although he felt so, but Lu Mengzheng was a prime minister, Zhao Guangyi naturally couldn't ask him with empty teeth, but fortunately, a famous official was not afraid of Lu Mengzheng, so he spoke directly.

"Your Majesty, the minister heard that Xiangye Lu and the Marquis of Zhuozhou County had a very unpleasant quarrel, and Lord Lu even harmed the Marquis of Zhuozhou County three times, and this assassination is ......."

Lu Mengzheng, who was standing at the head of the civil officials, was stunned, feeling that he was lying down inexplicably, and immediately defended: "Your Majesty, according to the old minister, this matter is still investigated clearly, although the old minister has some contradictions with the county marquis of Zhuozhou, but the old minister has made a special trip to apologize to him, and the county marquis of Zhuozhou also said that he can release the previous suspicions, and this matter is by no means done by the old minister." ”

Although Lu Mengzheng said this, the other ministers still didn't believe it, and their eyes were full of doubt, which made Lu Mengzheng want to die.

Although he can't get used to Zhao Gu's radicalism, but the recovery of the sixteen states of Yanyun is a matter of benefiting the country and the people after all, Lu Mengzheng will endure it for the time being, everyone is an official in the same dynasty, and Lu Mengzheng is a prime minister again, and he still has the stomach that he should have, although he still doesn't like Zhao Gu very much, but this kind of assassination is definitely not what he did.

Zhao Guangyi didn't quite believe that this kind of thing could be done by Lu Mengzheng, so he asked: "I heard that when Zhao Gu returned to Kaifeng, he was accompanied by only two attendants, and he also brought a woman and a child, so how did he escape from the killer and kill the killer?" ”